France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 1.80%

Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials , Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.80%, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.68%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA: VIE ), which fell 0.39% or 0.080 points to trade at 20.220 at the close. Pernod Ricard SA (PA: PERP ) fell 0.52% or 0.55 points to end at 105.80 and Cap Gemini SA (PA: CAPP ) was down 0.55% or 0.48 points to 87.16 in late trade.

Biggest losers included AXA SA (PA: AXAF ), which lost 4.45% or 0.88 points to trade at 18.89 in late trade. BNP Paribas SA (PA: BNPP ) declined 3.27% or 1.53 points to end at 45.42 and Societe Generale (PA: SOGN ) shed 2.95% or 0.94 points to 30.95.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Alten (PA: LTEN ) which rose 2.09% to 63.58, Nexity (PA: NEXI ) which was up 0.30% to settle at 47.39 and Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA: STDM ) which gained 0.23% to close at 66.14.

The worst performers were AXA SA (PA: AXAF ) which was down 4.45% to 18.89 in late trade, Vallourec (PA: VLLP ) which lost 3.87% to settle at 3.875 and BNP Paribas SA (PA: BNPP ) which was down 3.27% to 45.42 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 506 to 163 and 96 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 18.05% to 19.46.

In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.15% or 2.05 to $1343.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.46% or 1.54 to hit $46.02 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 3.12% or 1.45 to trade at $47.93 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.1254, while EUR/GBP rose 0.14% to 0.8679.

The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 95.20.